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Biden administration investing $140M in AI |
The funds announced by the administration will go toward artificial intelligence (AI) research and development as the industry booms. |
Along with the funding, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will issue policy guidance on the use of AI by the federal government in the coming months. Companies that develop AI, like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, have made commitments to participate in a public evaluation of AI systems, our colleague Alex Gangitano reported. "This is a very powerful technology and I think for federal workers in particular, it's an opportunity to show how serving the public can be a place to lead on using AI wisely and responsibly," a senior administration official said. The National Science Foundation will invest the $140 million in funding to launch seven new National AI Research Institutes, bringing the total number of these institutes to 25 in the U.S. The institutes work on collaboration efforts across the federal government, industry and higher education. "The broad implications of this new generation of AI is going to demand responsible behavior from all parties. Clearly, there will be things that we are doing and will continue to do in government but we do think that these companies have an important responsibility," the official said. The White House announcement came the same day that CEOs of Alphabet, Anthropic, Microsoft and OpenAI went to the White House for a meeting led by Vice President Harris. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, we're Rebecca Klar and Ines Kagubare — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. |
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About half of Americans said Congress should be taking action to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technology, according to a poll released Thursday. Fifty-four percent of polled registered voters said Congress should take "swift action" to regulate the technology in a way that promotes privacy, fairness and safety to ensure "maximum benefit to society with minimal risks," according to the poll conducted for the Omidyar … |
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| Shopify, the online retail giant, announced Thursday it is cutting its workforce by around 20 percent, even as it reported strong revenue numbers that beat Wall Street estimates for the first quarter of the year. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke revealed the cuts to the company in a memo on its website but did not specify what positions would be affected. "It's the right thing for Shopify but it negatively affects many team members who … |
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A Dallas city official said Thursday that he was "optimistic" the risk of a recent cyberattack that caused a network outage in his city was contained. The ransomware attack, which was detected Wednesday morning, disrupted a number of servers of city services, including the Dallas Police Department website and the public library where online materials are currently unavailable. ... |
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Black, trans leave Twitter for Bluesky |
The marginalized communities are joining Bluesky as Twitter has become a hostile environment for some of them, NBC News reported. |
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Apple posts quarterly revenue decline; iPhone sales solid |
Apple once again posted an, until now, rare revenue decline in its latest fiscal quarter, but said its overall business improved from the December quarter and sales of its iPhones were solid. The results reported Thursday were better than Wall Street’s muted expectations and Apple’s stock … |
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An adult entertainment industry group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials. The law, which took effect Wednesday, made Utah the … |
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) plan to introduce a national "stand your ground" bill Thursday, as several similar state … Read more |
| Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that the reports about Justice Clarence Thomas’s ties … Read more |
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